Women Sleuths category: 16954 books

A Different Kind of Sister Act Patricia Anne -- "Mouse" -- is respectful, respectable, and demure, a perfect example of genteel Southern womanhood. Mary Alice -- "Sister" -- is big, brassy, flamboyant, and bold. Together they have a knack for finding themselves in the center...

Carrie Mae might look like an organization of nice young ladies who sell make-up, but a few know the truth – they are an international espionage agency dedicated to helping women everywhere. And Nikki Lanier is a top level Carrie Mae agent with everything under control – except her life. Her relationship...

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dianne Emley's Love Kills. Back from the dead. That’s how it feels for Nan Vining, a Pasadena homicide cop determined to find the brutal madman who attacked her a year ago. Nan’s daughter calls the unknown assailant T. B. Mann—The Bad Man....

Five stories on supernatural curses. Including five kick-ass women. With five unique powers. On five different worlds. **Skin Cursed ** Eight hours after being infected, they can control your mind. After eighteen, your life is over… Scope Agent Rye is in the fight...

Chalice is back, and she’s accomplished what women all over the world have always dreamed of: she’s gotten younger. The Back Stories feature NYPD Detective Stephanie Chalice in the days before you first met her. She’s righteous, rambunctious, and oh so ready . . . for anything.  A woman...

The Faces of Evil Series: Book 6 "Gritty, edge-of-your-seat, white-knuckle thriller . . . Move over Jack Reacher-Jess Harris is comin' to town." -Cindy Gerard, New York Times bestselling author, on Obsession "Debra Webb is a master storyteller." -Allison...

Reporter Bertie Mallowan has a knack for finding trouble...or it that trouble has knack for finding her? Whatever, she's still reeling from being laid off from her job when she lands a job as a society columnist at a newspaper owned by multimillionaire Dillard Johnson--known as "The Big Johnson" among...

Emaline Banister couldn't hear who was blackmailing whom in the women's room at work. The holidays were approaching and she was distracted by the need to make a dish that everyone could eat, including the people with odd dietary restrictions. Besides, Detective Harry Jordan was still hanging around,...

Erica Donato, Brooklyn girl, urban history grad student and single mom, is researching the 1930s when Brownsville was the home of the notorious organized criminals the newspapers called Murder Inc. She quickly learns that even in rapidly changing Brooklyn, Brownsville remains much as it was. It is...

"Life isn't all hearts and flowers. It's pain and suffering too. It's dirty little secrets buried deep in the muck and mire where the grubs and worms feed. Secrets I unbury." Private detective Rachel Cord chases multiple threads through a labyrinth of missing persons, buried bodies, sex,...

"A RAUCOUS AND ADDICTING READ." For fans of romantic comedy mysteries like Meg Cabot's SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT and Stephanie Bond's BODY MOVERS, The Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Larissa Reinhart, brings her fans the first in the Maizie Albright Star Detective series, Hot Mystery Reviews'...

This tale of murder and mistaken identity in a Manhattan apartment building is “a rollicking and delectable read” by a New York Times–bestselling author (People). A teacher at a fancy Manhattan preschool, Nancy Stern spends her days cleaning spills, moderating bathroom breaks, and preventing...

The inimitable Miss Julia is back and ready for a fight in her latest rollicking adventure. Don't miss Miss Julia Raises the Roof, coming April 2018 from Viking. The sleepy town of Abbotsville is abuzz over the mayor's plans to replace the old courthouse with luxury retirement condos. On top...

These four novellas are written to please and stimulate the reader who loves murder mysteries. The daughter of a very small town Chief of Police is home after graduation from a major university. Her university degree is in criminology. She begins her career as a police officer to learn the ropes. The...